"The Daily Show" host Trevor Noah was absolutely right when he said of Donald Trump's appointees: “It’s almost like before he hires anyone, Trump Googles ‘opposite of,’ and then he just gets that person.”

The most recent case in point: Peter Hoekstra, the new U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands, has alarmed Dutch observers after making false claims about parts of their country falling into the hands of Muslim extremists — and then lying about making that false claim.

In a recent interview, Dutch news correspondent, Wouter Zwart, asked Hoekstra if he had anything to say about his infamous 2015 claim that the Netherlands had surrendered to Islamist radicals, who had created “no-go zones” for non-Muslims.

Hoekstra responded by saying, "I didn't say that. That is actually incorrect. That statement. We would call it fake news. I never said that. It's not what I said."

In video below: Pete Hoekstra, the next US ambassador in the Netherlands, worthy representative of president Trump. Politicians set on fire in the Netherlands? "Fake news. I didn't say that." (He did, on the record) https://t.co/erWJKYs24c

Newly appointed ambassador to the Netherlands @petehoekstra is a complete idiot. Claims that his own statements are fake news. Watch the video and please send us someone with working brain cells. https://t.co/o1Fuj53KTE